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Today in History, April 24: The North's post-Civil War rule in South ends

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Frank Ryan High freshman Kevin Kirspel, right, in the title role, lies mortally wounded on the Parthenon steps in Centennial Park on April 1, 1990 as Mark Anthony, played by John Glynn, speaks in Act III of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." The students were shooting a video for English class. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Three-year-old Xi-Yu Zhang chases a battery-powered airplane, but grandmother Cong Wang seems to enjoy the pursuit as the Nashville duo takes advantage of a family outing in Centennial Park on April 2, 1990. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Adam Warren, 4½, tiptoes through the tulips in the sunken garden of Centennial Park on April 2, 1990. Warren, who is from Nolensville, made a visit to the park with his mother and brother. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Country star Sylvia entertains the young crowd during the Milk and Cookies concert at the Bluebird Café on April 2, 1990. For the last three years, Milk and Cookies concerts have provided free and up-closed entertainment from top singers and writers to thousands of Nashville children. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Country star Sylvia entertains the crowd during the Milk and Cookies concert at the Bluebird Café on April 2, 1990. For the last three years, Milk and Cookies concerts have provided free and up-closed entertainment from top singers and writers to thousands of Nashville children. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Amber Few, left, and Susanne Holloway, both four, concentrate on the cookies during the Milk and Cookies concert, featuring country star Sylvia, at the Bluebird Café on April 2, 1990. The all-volunteer shows are presented the third Thursday of each month. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Former Supreme Court Justice William J. Harbison, left, acknowledges gifts and praise at a “homecoming celebration” that the Nashville Bar Association staged for him at the Cumberland Club on April 3, 1990. Harbison, who had been on the Supreme Court since 1974, resigned last week to join the Nashville law firm of O’Hare Sherrard & Roe. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Harbison, stands beside him. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

The original 1820s design and the 1880s revisions of the former Rose Hill mansion creates an elegant impression on Rutledge Hill in Nashville on April 3, 1990. The antebellum home has been condemned by Metro Codes officials but is listed for sale for $120,000 with hope of one committed restoration buff to save it. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

The view from a second-story window of the former Rose Hill on April 3, 1990, captivates Trasbin Stoner, the Renaissance real estate agent who has the home listed for sale. The home, also called the Baxter House, is on the federal Register of Historic Places and is also part of Metro’s Rutledge Hill Redevelopment District. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Songwriter-author Tom T. Hall works in his office at his Fox Hollow Farm home in Williamson County on April 3, 1990. Hall newest novel, “Spring Hill, Tennessee,” has just been released. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Songwriter-author Tom T. Hall shares a quiet moment with some of his animals at his Fox Hollow Farm home in Williamson County on April 3, 1990. Hall newest novel, “Spring Hill, Tennessee,” has just been released. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

A bronzed angel seems to hover over Paul Overstreet as the country-gospel singer provides entertainment during BMI luncheon in honor of Gospel Music Week on April 3, 1990. The angel was actually part of the decorating scheme for the Stouffer Hotel event. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

The popular gospel act Heirloom, with Tanya Goodman-Sykes and her harmonizing friends Candy Hemphill Christmas and Barbara Fairchild, performs “Prayer Warrior” during the BMI luncheon in honor of Gospel Music Week on April 3, 1990, at the Stouffer Hotel in downtown Nashville. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Katie Praange, front left, Karol Fort and Margie Wineman, Myke Meuller, back left, and Mac Pirkle go over the list of suspects during a promo April 3, 1990, for the upcoming Tennessee Repertory Theater’s Password to Mystery benefit. The first table that solves the mystery wins eight trips to Paris. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Dr. Larry Davis, president and CEO of Nashville Pride Inc., poses with a copy of his newspaper during an interview at his office on J.B. Todd Blvd. in Nashville on April 4, 1990. Davis, 40, is executive publisher of NPI, which published newspapers geared toward black communities in Nashville and Clarksville. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

The historic Ryman Auditorium, here April 4, 1990, in downtown Nashville, has completed the exterior renovation, including new roof, restoration of all 144 glass windows, restoring the arched pediment window high on the building, cleaning and remortaring the bricks and replacing all the gutters and downspouts. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

The historic Ryman Auditorium, here April 4, 1990, in downtown Nashville, has completed the exterior renovation, including new roof, restoration of all 144 glass windows, restoring the arched pediment window high on the building, cleaning and remortaring the bricks and replacing all the gutters and downspouts. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Top selling gospel rocker Russ Taff tears into an emotional number during ASCAP’s 12th annual Gospel Music Awards luncheon at the Stouffer Hotel ballroom in downtown Nashville on April 4, 1990. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Hot dog hawker Harry Reid poses at his stand on Lower Broadway on April 5, 1990. Earlier in the day, the 31-year-old songwriter foiled a homeless woman’s attempt to steal a pistol from an unsuspecting police officer’s holster. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Robert Craighead, right, who has owned Craighead Barber shop on Jefferson Street for 50 years, talks about how integration led to the downfall of once-thriving business on Jefferson Street from his shop April 5, 1990. Barber Eddie Washington tends to H. Mayhew in the background. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Nathaniel Harris, owner of Woodcuts, a frame and art gallery at 1613 Jefferson Street, says the shop he opened in 1987 is an example of one of the new, less-traditional businesses that is faring well on the street April 5, 1990. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Nashville Sounds catcher Donnie Scott works with one of the pitchers as they work out at Greer Stadium on April 5, 1990, before heading on the road to open its 1990 season. Delores Delvin / The Tennessean

Sandi Patti performs for the packed audience and national cablecast by The Nashville Network during the 21st annual Dove Awards ceremonies at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 5, 1990. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Brother/sister duo CeCe and BeBe Winans speak after accepting one of their four awards during the 21st annual Dove Awards ceremonies at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 5, 1990. They won the group, contemporary song, contemporary black recorded song and contemporary album categories. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Country superstar Dolly Parton and the Christ Church Choir bring the audience to its feet with “He’s Alive” during the 21st annual Dove Awards ceremonies at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 5, 1990. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Steven Curtis Chapman is overwhelmed as he accepts one of his five awards, including being the first male soloist to be named artist of the year, during the 21st annual Dove Awards ceremonies at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 5, 1990. He also won the male vocalist, songwriter, inspirational recorded song and southern gospel song categories. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

The once-thriving business on Jefferson Street, here April 6, 1990, is starting to slow down because of integration say some of the owners of black-owned businesses. The now 40-member Nashville Business Network was formed last year to help educate black businesses owners on the resources available to them to market their businesses. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

The Smothers Brothers, Tommy, left, and Dick, perform during a benefit for the W.O. Smith Community School at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 6, 1990. The event, expected to raise $25,000, is the main fundraiser for the school that provided music lessons to children from low-income families. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

The Smothers Brothers, Tommy, left, and Dick, perform during a benefit for the W.O. Smith Community School at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 6, 1990. The event, expected to raise $25,000, is the main fundraiser for the school that provided music lessons to children from low-income families. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Tommy Smothers, left, displays the face only a brother could love to sibling/straight man Dick Smothers as he sings about the hangman during The Smothers Brothers’ benefit concert for the W.O. Smith Community School at TPAC’s Jackson Hall on April 6, 1990. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Clay Warren of Ripley, Miss., guides his mule team during one of pull competitions during the annual Mule Day event in Columbia, Tenn., on April 7, 1990. Each team must pull its load 10 feet in this event. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Hundreds of Nashville residents walk April 7, 1990, to raise more than $50,000 to help homeless people find permanent housing. It was the fifth annual “Walk for the Homeless” event. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

State representatives Jim Henry, standing left, R-Kingston; U.A. Moore, R-Memphis; and Townie Anderson, R-Maryville, confer with House Majority Leader Jimmy Naifeh, sitting, D-Covington, during a debate on the gas tax increase during a marathon next-to-last day of the General Assembly session in the house chamber at the state Capitol on April 11, 1990. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Father Ryan High’s Amy Marks shivers while waiting for the start of the 800-meter relay during a cold meet at MBA track on April 11, 1990. Harpeth Hall High won the race and the meet. Rick Musacchio / The Tennessean

Mario Ferrari poses at his Mobil Four-Star Mario’s Ristorante Italiano on April 12, 1990, as he gets ready to celebrates the restaurant’s 25th anniversary. When Ferrari first opened in 1965, a filet mignon cost $9.25 and “Spaghetti Con Pomidoro (With Tomato Sauce)" was $4.50. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Anxious New Kids on the Block fans camp outside the Tennessee Performing Arts Center box office April 13, 1990, to buy tickets the next day for the teen-craze group’s concert here in August. The line started forming at 9:30 a.m. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Mai Cagle sits at the counter of her Mai’s Place Restaurant and Market at 800 Broadway and 8th Avenue on April 13, 1990, as she waits for the opening the next day. For 28 years, the downtown eatery was the Agner’s Restaurant and Market, but retiring owner Elizabeth Agner sold it to Cagle who worked there as a cashier 12 years ago. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Bartender Lonnie Spivak, standing, of the Bleachers Sports Grill, talks sports with Fred Nance, left, manager John Moss, Mack Chandler, Kay Lynn and Jack Oughton on April 13, 1990. These are among the wave of fans who patronize the Franklin, Tenn., bar. Robert Johnson / The Tennessean

Edward Strasser Jr., tending to his dairy herd in Pennington Bend on April 16, 1990, has found manure to be a commodity he can’t afford to have washed away with the rains and pollute streams. About four years ago, Strasser built a “dry stack system,” basically a long shed with a sloping concrete floor where fresh manure is pushed from a holding pen and milking parlor. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Driver Jeff Green poses with his car April 17, 1990, as he gets ready for the upcoming Nashville Raceway season-opening 125-lap feature. Jeff is the youngest member of his racing family to compete at the track. Jeff, 29, and brother Mark, 30, are entered in the feature race while brother David, 31, is a regular on the NASCAR Grand National circuit. John Russell / For The Tennessean

Hillsboro High senior Christin Moore, left, and McGavock High senior Todd Sanford congratulate each other after receiving the Civitan Club’s girls and boys Moss-Oliver Awards at the Hermitage Hotel on April 17, 1990. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Jason Sumner, left, a senior, scoops up fish, green beans, fried okra and corn bread for Gov. Ned McWherter, who came to dine at McGavock High School’s “Raider’s Bakery” on April 18, 1990. The posh restaurant, situated off one of the school’s hallways, is a training ground for chefs, waiters and dishwashers. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Jonathan Marlin, standing, clears the table as Rep. Bill Purcell, left, and Gov. Ned McWherter look on at McGavock High School’s “Raider’s Bakery” April 18, 1990. The waiters, chefs and dishwashers who staff the restaurant are all students in the school’s commercial food program. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Nee Nee Avery, left, and Floyd Harper guide backhoe operator Jimmy Key as he eases out a portion of the Greystone building undergoing demolition April 19, 1990. The workers saved five of the decorative stone slabs that adorned the top of the building, which stood alongside the Cathedral of the Incarnation on West End Avenue. Freeman Ramsey / The Tennessean

Sheriff Fate Thomas, center, gives an interview as he arrives for the 35th Sure Shot Rabbit Hunters’ Supper at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds on April 19, 1990. For the first time in years, Thomas was not a sponsor of the supper. Under the cloud of a federal indictment, Thomas faces his toughest campaign for sheriff. Robert Johnson / The Tennessean

Tarnya Burton of Antioch coos and sings to her son, Jamar, in Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on April 20, 1990, after giving him a new kidney. Jamar, 1½, is listed in satisfactory condition in one-to-one nursing care at Vanderbilt’s intensive care unit. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Father Charles Strobel, right, shares a moment with A.W. Forrest, left, Rondal Ferry and John Monsue on the lower steps outside the Room in the Inn on Demonbreun Street on April 20, 1990. Father Strobel, who organized and coordinates the homeless shelter, is one of three to be honored for their fight against religious and racial intolerance at the upcoming 1990 Human Relations Awards Dinner. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Grammy-award winning gospel artist Bobby Jones, headliner for special gospel music show, performs for a crowd of 120 inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville on April 20, 1990. The two-hour show was taped to be aired later on the Black Entertainment Television Network. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Gospel singer Bobby Jones, left, shares a moment with inmate Tamela Frison after venturing into the audience during his performance at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville on April 20, 1990. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Grammy-award winning gospel artist Bobby Jones, headliner for special gospel music show, performs for a crowd of 120 inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville on April 20, 1990. The two-hour show was taped to be aired later on the Black Entertainment Television Network. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Inmates Diane Grooms, Tamela Frison and Carolyn Brown share a laugh during a performance by Los Angeles comedian Lester Barrie during a special gospel music show at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville on April 20, 1990. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

Singer Bobby Jones, right, headliner for the special gospel music show, hugs inmate Nancy Cook during his performance at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville on April 20, 1990. Rex Perry / The Tennessean

The Revs. Pat McGeahy, Lisa Hunt and Randy Myers pray over a pile of trash during an Earth Day observation at Harris-Hillman Special Education School’s recycling drop-off site in Nashville on April 21, 1990. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Al Borgman, center, plays his guitar with more than 1,000 other pickers during the Great Guitar Pull at Opryland USA theme park April 22, 1990. Borgman’s son and grandson also picked during the event to help celebrate photography’s 150 anniversary and the 65th birthday of the Grand Ole Opry. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

The huge guitar, formed by guitar and banjo players, featuring country singer and “Hee Haw” star Roy Clark, during the Great Guitar Pull at Opryland USA theme park April 22, 1990. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Australian-born entertainer Olivia Newton-John, left, shares a moment with a guest during the grand opening of her Koala Blue store in The Mall at Green Hills on April 23, 1990. Newton-John announced that she is converting the local store from a franchise to one of 12 corporate stores which she personally oversees. Delores Delvin / The Tennessean

Carran Daughtrey, left, smiles as her mother, Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey, adds her signature to documents April 23, 1990, marking her swearing in by Gov. Ned McWherter as the first female member of the Tennessee Supreme Court. More than 400 attended the ceremony in the state Capitol. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Judge Martin Craig Daughtrey speaks after being sworn in by Gov. Ned McWherter as the first female member of the Tennessee Supreme Court at the state Capitol on April 23, 1990. Bill Steber / The Tennessean

Singer/songwriter Linda Hargrove poses for a photo in Nashville on April 24, 1990. The singer, once known as the hard living “Blue Jean Country Queen,” is batting chronic lymphocytic leukemia as she makes a comeback in her music career. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Harpeth Hall High’s Jody Bainbridge watches her return, but she and double partner Julie McFerrin lost to Brentwood Academy’s Dorothy Barfield and Sarah McDavitt on April 24, 1990. But host Harpeth Hall won the match 4-1 in their first dual match of the spring while Brentwood Academy suffered their first loss of the spring after five straight wins. Robert Johnson / The Tennessean

The once gleaming Nashville Municipal Airport terminal that ushered the city aviation into the jet age, here April 24, 1990, is fast giving way to a demolition crew that should have it leveled in another five to six weeks. The now obsolete facility was opened in 1961 and closed in 1987 when the new terminal opened for Nashville International Airport. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

The once gleaming Nashville Municipal Airport terminal that ushered the city aviation into the jet age, here April 24, 1990, is fast giving way to a demolition crew that should have it leveled in another five to six weeks. The now obsolete facility was opened in 1961 and closed in 1987 when the new terminal opened for Nashville International Airport. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Johnny and Betty Gwyn, owners of the new Music Row Country Corner restaurant, pose April 24, 1990, outside the house that country music legend Hank Williams Sr. brought on Franklin Road in 1949. The house was moved from its original location to 1610 Division Street in 1985 when it first was a museum and then Cuzins, a barbecue restaurant, before the Gwyns took over. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Johnny and Betty Gwyn, owners of the new Music Row Country Corner restaurant, pose April 24, 1990, in what was once the living room of the house that country music legend Hank Williams Sr. brought on Franklin Road in 1949. The house was moved from its original location to 1610 Division Street in 1985 when it first was a museum and then Cuzins, a barbecue restaurant, before the Gwyns took over. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Cumberland University pitcher Brian Sullivan pitches to a David Lipscomb University batter at Ken Dugan Field in Nashville on April 24, 1990. Sullivan struck out seven as the NAIA’s No. 10 ranked Cumberland won 11-3 over the No. 13 ranked Lipscomb. Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean

Mike Creasy, superintendent for D.K. Hailey Wrecking Co. Inc., works on demolition the Wilson-Bates Building on Hillsboro Road on April 25, 1990, as part of the expansion of the Mall at Green Hills. The building is being leveled to make way for 220 parking spaces at the mall and a parking deck that is scheduled for completion in 1992. Delores Delvin / The Tennessean

Construction of the Dillard’s Department store as one wing of the new Bellevue Center is continuing April 26, 1990. This will be the first one the Little Rock-based Dillard chain has built in the Midstate since purchasing the Cain-Sloan stores in 1987. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Construction continues April 26, 1990, at the Bellevue Center as the $100 million mall is scheduled to open Aug. 9. The mall will accommodate up to 150 retail stores and will have about 100 tenants when it opens, according to the developer. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Ken Eaton, left, vice president of sales and promotions for Dillard Department Stores, and John Wheeler, senior project administrator with Dillard’s construction division, discuss plans for their company’s new store at the new Bellevue Center on April 26, 1990. Mike DuBose / The Tennessean

Hillwood High’s Ralph Thompson, left, and Overton High’s Micah Otis clear a hurdle during the Optimist Relays at Overton High School on April 28, 1990. Thompson went on to win the 110-meter high hurdles event and had victories in the 100-meters dash and 300-meter intermediate hurdles. Robert Johnson / The Tennessean

In 1800, Congress approved a bill establishing the Library of Congress.

In 1877, federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.

In 1913, the 792-foot Woolworth Building, at that time the tallest skyscraper in the world, officially opened in Manhattan as President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button at the White House to signal the lighting of the towering structure.

In 1915, in what's considered the start of the Armenian genocide, the Ottoman Empire began rounding up Armenian political and cultural leaders in Constantinople.

In 1961, in the wake of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, the White House issued a statement saying that President John F. Kennedy "bears sole responsibility for the events of the past few days."

In 1967, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed when his Soyuz 1 spacecraft smashed into the Earth after his parachutes failed to deploy properly during re-entry; he was the first human spaceflight fatality.

In 1980, the United States launched an unsuccessful attempt to free the American hostages in Iran, a mission that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.

In 1986, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, for whom King Edward VIII had given up the British throne, died in Paris at age 89.

In 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray. (Theodore Kaczynski was later sentenced to four lifetimes in prison for a series of bombings that killed three men and injured 29 others.)

In 2003, U.S. forces in Iraq took custody of Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister. China shut down a Beijing hospital as the global death toll from SARS surpassed 260.

In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI formally began his stewardship of the Roman Catholic Church; the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said in his installation homily that as pontiff he would listen to the will of God in governing the world's 1.1 billion Catholics.

In 2009, Mexico shut down schools, museums, libraries and state-run theaters across its overcrowded capital in hopes of containing a deadly swine flu outbreak.

In 2013, in Bangladesh, a shoddily constructed eight-story commercial building housing garment factories collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.

Ten years ago: The policy-setting panel of the International Monetary Fund, with a nervous eye on Greece, pledged during a meeting in Washington to address the risks posed to the global recovery from high government debt. A dozen people were killed by a tornado system that bumped down in Louisiana before plowing into Mississippi and then Alabama. Etiquette expert Elizabeth Post (granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post) died in Naples, Florida, at 89.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama marked the 10th anniversary of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, praising the nation's spying operations as the most capable in the world. The presidents of Russia and France joined other leaders at ceremonies in Yerevan commemorating the estimated 1.5 million Armenian victims of the 1916 massacre by Ottoman Turks. In a long-awaited interview about his gender identity, former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner told ABC's Diane Sawyer said that "for all intents and purposes, I am a woman."

One year ago: Avowed racist John William King was executed in Texas for the 1998 slaying of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to the back of a truck and dragged along a road outside Jasper, Texas; prosecutors said Byrd was targeted because he was black. North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia aboard an armored train for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said nearly 700 cases of measles had been reported in the United States so far in 2019; it was already the nation's worst year for measles since 1994. Hundreds of students and staff at two Los Angeles universities were placed under quarantine, after officials said they may have been exposed to measles and either had not been vaccinated or could not verify that they were immune.